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Method and apparatus for transmitting data to the surface from an oil well

EP 0314654 B1 · Applicant: SAGA PETROLEUM A.S.

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  • Filed October 21, 1988 and granted January 8, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2008.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 21, 2014.
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FiledOctober 21, 1988
PublishedMay 3, 1989
GrantedJanuary 8, 1992
Term endedOctober 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88850358
Classification (CPC)E21B47/13

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 21, 1988PublishedMay 3, 1989Patent grantedJan 8, 1992Term endedOct 21, 2008

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